Healthcare

Repeal Kentucky's antiquated certificate-of-need (CON) regulatory framework. CON states rely on the government, rather than the market, to decide whether new or additional healthcare services should be provided. Decades of research have shown that CON fail to improve health, limit supply and undermine competition. Cutting healthcare regulations would save Kentuckians on healthcare costs; reduce deaths from serious complications after surgery, heart attacks, pneumonia, and heart failure; improve access to care; and reduce the use of expensive medical imaging.